Sash-cord fastener



M. J. HUFM AN.

SASH CORD FASTENER- Patented Dec. 6, 1892.

(No Model.)

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MARGARET JANE HUFMAN, OF ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

SASH-CORD FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,570, dated December 6, 1892.

Application filed June 16, 1892. Serial No. 436.922. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARGARET J ANE HUF- MAN, of Ashland, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Cord Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front view of the improvement with parts in section. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line v2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the easing. Fig. dis atransverse section of the same.

In the stiles A of each window-sash B are secured casings 0, located near the upper ends of the stiles, as is plainly illustrated in Fig. 1. Each casing O is formed on its top to one side with an opening D for the passage of the supporting cord or chain, having its end tied in a knot extending under the top of the casing, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4, so that the cord is connected with the window-sash.

One side of the casing O is adapted to be opened or closed by a lid F, hinged at its lower end to the casing and provided with a lockbar G, pivoted to the casing at the middle and formed at its ends with hooks extending in opposite directions and engaging corresponding pins H, projecting from the front of the casing, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 3.

In order to open the lid F, the lock-bar G is turned so that its ends disengage the headed pins H, and then the lid F can be swung downward, so that the casing is opened and the cord or chain E can be moved into or out of the recess D to connect or disconnect the cord or chain from the casing.

When the cord is inserted in the casing, as described, and the lid F is closed and locked in position by the lock-bar Gr engaging with its ends the pins H, then the said cord is locked in place in the casing, and as the latter is fastened by a screw or other means to the stile the cord is connected with the window-sash. The fulcrum of the lock-bar G is in the form of a screw G, screwing in the easing-lid, so that when the bar G engages the pins H the fulcru'm -screw can be farther screwed inward to securely lock the bar Gin place to prevent its accidental displacement by jars of the window-sash. The inner end of the fulcrum-screw G is blunted to prevent the screw from unscrewing in the lid F.

The beads or runners I for the windowsashes are secured to the jambs J by means of screws K, each engaging with its inner threaded end a nut L, fastened by screws or other means to the jamb J, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 5. In order to prevent the screws K from enlarging the apertures in the beads I through which they pass and to hold the screws in place in the beads, each of the said apertures is lined with a metallic threaded sleeve N, in which screws the screw K, so that the latter is securely held in place in the bead I and readily registers with the nut L, into which its in nerend screws.

Now, when the several parts are connected,

as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and it is desired to remove the window-sash for cleaning the panes of glass or for other purposes then the operator removes the heads I from the window-casing. The sash is then pulled out of itsguideways on the window-frame, so that the operator has access to the lids F, which are now opened by turning the lock-bars G until the latter disengage the hook-pins H. The lids F are then swung open and the cords E are removed from the casing C, so that the window-sash is disconnected from the opened casing and can be lifted clear off the latter for further treatment. in proceeding to take out both sashes of a window the front sash is firstremoved, and then the second sash is treated in the manner above described. The casing C is let into the stile A to a sufficient depth so that the easing, with its lid, will not project eitherto one side or to the front, so as to rub against the jamb or bead. It is further understood that each bead I partly covers the casing and its lid, so that the casing cannot be opened unless the bead is first removed. When the sashes are washed or otherwise treated, they are again inserted in the window-casing, the

It is understood that I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A sash-cord fastener comprising the box 0, having an open outer side, a slot D in the outer edge of its top, and pins H H, a hinged cover F, and a double latch G, pivoted between its ends to the outer side of the cover and engaging the pins with its ends, substantially as set forth.

MARGARET JANE HUFMAN.

Witnesses:

E. H. WETZEL, JOHN C. GARNER.

Corrections in Letters Patent No. 487,570.

It is herebycertified that in Letters Patent No. 487,570, granted December 6, 1892;

upon theapplication of Margaret Jane Hufman, of Ashland,'Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Sash-(lord Fasteners, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: After line 62 page 1, the following paragraph should be inserted to wit: Each of the cords for each sash passes over the usual pulley tn the window-frame and carries at its oth er end a eounterbalanel'ny weight; and the paragraph commencing with line 63, page 1, and terminating with line 76, same page, should be stricken out and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein to conform to the papers pertaining to the case in the Patent Office. Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 17th day of January, A. D1893.

[SEAL] I CYRUS BUSSEY,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Oountersigned:

W. E. SIMONDs,

Commissioner of Patents. 

